Monday, August 06, 2007
CAD Tip of the Week: Revision Clouds & Tags
Topic: Quickly draw both freehand and polyline-defined revision clouds, and insert complementary numbered tags
REVISION CLOUDS & TAGS
Each discipline has a general toolbar (mechanical shown for example) containing revision cloud and revision tag selections on 'fly-outs'. Each of the revision clouds and tags 1 through 6 are placed on a different layer, for ease of future removal.
Keyboard macros are also available to both draw the revision clouds and insert the revision tags, as follows:
See this video for a brief tutorial showing how to make revision clouds from polyline rectangles and irregularly-shaped closed polylines.
Note: The above link(s) are only valid within the HEI intranet. Firefox users install the "IE Tab Plug-in", then right-click the link and select "Open in IE Tab" from the context menu.
REVISION CLOUDS & TAGS
Each discipline has a general toolbar (mechanical shown for example) containing revision cloud and revision tag selections on 'fly-outs'. Each of the revision clouds and tags 1 through 6 are placed on a different layer, for ease of future removal.
Keyboard macros are also available to both draw the revision clouds and insert the revision tags, as follows:- RC1 through RC6 draw revision clouds
- RT1 through RT6 insert revision tags
See this video for a brief tutorial showing how to make revision clouds from polyline rectangles and irregularly-shaped closed polylines.
Note: The above link(s) are only valid within the HEI intranet. Firefox users install the "IE Tab Plug-in", then right-click the link and select "Open in IE Tab" from the context menu.
Labels: CAD Tips
# posted by Brandon Nichols @ 2:40 PM
